United Flight Attendants Vote 99.99% to Authorize Strike
United Flight Attendants Vote 99.99% to Authorize Strike
"We have flight attendants who are struggling to make ends meet while our CEOs are on private jets," said one union leader. "We want some respect shown in the contract."
The United flight attendants—who are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA)—voted 99.99%, with 90.21% of members participating, to greenlight a work stoppage unless they win concessions including a double-digit raise, more schedule flexibility, improved work rules, job security, and retirement benefits.
You can't get 99.99% of people to agree the sky is blue. United Airlines must be royally fucking their employees to get that kind of united opposition.
108Well, they united all of their workers against them.
I‘m gonna see myself out.
27They broke their guitars?
Yes, I'm old.
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There was a time when United was employee owned. What happened?
43Capitalism
29The more precise issue imo is „work mandate“. We overproduce by a huge margin just to „give people work“ which they dont actually need.
If we stopped producing shit that is not necessary, just a tiny fraction of humanity would need to work for everyone to have food.
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In so many instances employee owned does not mean what it says. It can be as little as each employee getting one nonvoting share.
6Probably a bankruptcy.
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As someone who has been burned by their dumbass "hide the baggage fee and charge $25 less than your competitors" strategy, fuck United. I filter them out whenever I'm looking for flights.
24Almost all the airlines are doing that these days.
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Air Canada also voted 99% this week to authorize strike. Reforms in the air travel sector coming?
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